"Oh? I didn't know that." Lucius causally answered, much to Protheus' shock.
In his previous life, after escaping from the sealed cave door, Lucius had simply steamrolled his way through the entire facility. Everyone that appeared before him to stop him was killed, and everyone else was also killed to simply vent his anger.
As for the teleportation array that led back to the main dinsion, it had coincidently been open when Lucius had reached it. As such, there was no real obstacle to his smooth journey.
Talk about luck and coincidence
Recovering from his stupor, Protheus continued.
"Anyway. With your arrival, they must've opened the channel recently, instead of the usual 'yearly stock replenishnt' period. This is our chance."
"Now, what I was thinking was that we secretly capture two officers, knock them out"
"Kill them," Lucius corrected.
"kill them, assu their appearance and identity, stroll into the 'Transfer Room', activate the teleportation, catch a ride, and go back ho. It's simple, easy, and water-tight," Protheus concluded. "What do you think?"
"Efficient. Not very different from my plan," Lucius answered.
"May I ask, what 'was' your plan?"
Cupping his chin, Protheus curiously asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Kill everyone, walk into 'Transfer Room', activate the teleportation, and escape."
Lucius answered with a straight face and an indifferent set of eyes. His voice while saying that plan was straight and eerie.
Or at least, it sounded eerie to Protheus, who felt a shiver down his spine.
"Ah, how masterful," he nervously replied. "But I do think that we should stick to my plan. Facing three Stage 5 entities is no joke, you know."
"I know."
Gulping down nervously, Protheus continued, "You weren't planning on using as a shield during your escape, right?"
Lucius did not imdiately reply but pondered with his head facing down for a mont. He then t Protheus' gaze and answered, "There wouldn't be any threats to your life."
"That's not the answer I was looking for!!?" Protheus yelled while jumping to his feet.
His sudden yell instantly drew the attention of the other people within the cafeteria. The duo imdiately felt dozens of gazed focused on their bodies.
With sweat trickling down his back, Protheus hurriedly fixed the situation, "I-I'm telling you, dude, that spell model does not work that way! You will seriously injure yourself if you carelessly use it!" He then sat down.
Hearing his words, the majority of the gazes imdiately retracted and most of the listeners quietly nodded their heads.
The Magi were generally impassionate creatures. However, if there was sothing that greatly attracted their interest, be it power, knowledge, wealth, etc, they would imdiately turn into very enthusiastic beings.
An argunt on a spell model was one of the most common discussions where a Magi gets unusually passionate and excitable. Protheus' outburst was simply brushed off as another such case.
"Whew, that was close," Protheus wiped the sweat from his brows. "Sorry about my outburst. It's just that, it saddens to know that you consider as sothing disposable. I think of you as a real friend, and you're just not putting the"
"Shush."
"See, what I'm saying? You can't just interrupt soone when they're having a heart-to-heart. It's just plain rude"Protheus was forced to shut up as Lucius pinched his lips.
Looking at Lucius with an aggrieved gaze, Protheus imdiately saw the forr motioning in a certain direction with his eyes. Turning his gaze in that direction, his eyes suddenly widened and a smile ford on his face.
Walking through the corridor in the path outside the cafeteria were two Magi wearing a completely different uniform.
"Officers," Lucius vocalized.
"And my best day keeps getting better!" exclaid Protheus, a crooked smile showing on his face while his eyes road over the Officer's figures.
Getting up from their seats quietly, the duo deposited their empty tal trays and cutleries at the cleaning station and quickly made their way out of the cafeteria.
Joining the moving crowd outside, they carefully followed and gradually closed the distance between them and the two Officers.
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"Wa-wait, what do you wa--!!"
Tak! Thud!
An average-looking Magi draped in teal-color Officer robes dropped to the ground after being knocked out.
Bending down and confirming that the officer was truly unconscious, Lucius put his hands on the Magi's head and pressed. A surge of [Annihilation Intent] exited his hands and instantly wiped out his consciousness, killing him.
Turning around, he nodded towards Protheus, who was maintaining the runic barrier around them and spoke.
"They've been dealt with."
"Got it," replied Protheus and drew a few more runes in the air using his magic power. After confirming that the barrier would hold, he turned around and approached Lucius.
Gazing at both the Officers that had been killed without the slightest injury inflicted upon their bodies, Protheus let out a sound of astonishnt, "Wow! You killed them without the slightest scratch or the smallest drop of blood."
"How strong are you really?"
"Enough to protect myself," Lucius replied. He then stood up, pointed towards the two corpses on the ground, and spoke, "Your turn."
Nodding his head, Protheus approached the dead body that was a little farther away from them. Crouching next to it, he drew a few colorful runes above it and turned towards Lucius.
"Co over here. I'll disguise you."
At his calling, Lucius did not imdiately move. Instead, he stared at Protheus with an unamused expression and dryly said, "Not funny."
"I wasn't trying to be funny," Protheus replied with a smile on his face. He then pointed at the face of the corpse before explaining, "My disguise technique is good, but it's not perfect. If we are to continue our escape while keeping the risks to a minimum, you have to do this."
"And between the two of us, you're the one that looks more feminine."
With a wide smile and outstretched arms, Protheus declared.
Indeed. The Magi whom Protheus was asking Lucius to disguise into was a female Magi.
Seeing the growing look of annoyance on Lucius' face, Protheus continued to remain unbothered and spoke, "And before you say sothing like, 'Let's find soone else', we don't have ti for that."
Turning serious, he explained, "The dinsional channel does not remain open for a long ti. The sooner we get there, the greater are our chances of catching it open. If we miss this chance, we are screwed."
A tense silence descended as Lucius lowered his head and pondered. His long hair hid his facial expression making it impossible for Protheus to read his expression. However, the pressure that he was exerting on his body made it evident that Lucius was not happy.
After a long, tense silence, Lucius finally raised his head and spoke.
"fine."
He then stepped forward and stopped next to Protheus and the female Magi corpse.
"That's the spirit!" Protheus cheerfully declared and got to work.
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Soti later, two figures, a male and female Magi respectively, appeared out of a short, unusually dark corridor having a dead end.
The male Magus possessed a white-colored gem on his forehead and had an expression of satisfaction on his average-looking face.
The female Magus that erged behind him had an orange-colored gem on her forehead and wore an expressionless face. Contrary to the male Magi, her appearance was anything but average, being well into the realm of extraordinary.
With short and sleek black hair, a picture-perfect, doll-like face, a sizeable bust, and slender limbs, she was a rare beauty even amongst the aesthetically exceptional Magi.
Turning around, Protheus stared at the newly disguised Lucius with a sleazy expression. Rubbing his jaws, he spoke, "Yeah, you definitely look better in your 'real' form. This disguise does not do justice to your real charm."
"Shut up," Lucius curtly replied, releasing a trace of his killing intent.
"Hey, I'm just telling the truth here," Protheus put up his hands and continued in a helpless tone, "If we don't wanna get noticed by the Stage 5 Wardens, then the rune disguise that I use must be kept to a minimum. Your initial appearance makes it simpler to disguise you into a woman, than this average-looking dude." He pointed to himself towards the end.
"It's just for a little while, so just stick with it."
After saying so, Protheus turned around and started to walk towards one of the teleportation nodes in the sector.
During their process of tailing the two officers, Protheus had ensured to gather so more information from the various passer-by. With this information now in their hands, it was only a matter of ti before they reached the 'Transfer Room' and escape.
After shooting an unresigned gaze at Protheus' receding back for a few monts, Lucius lowered his head and quietly followed him.
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